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Night photo of a festival float (ratha) lit by warm orange light. A large illuminated golden lion-like deity vehicle with a yellow mount and a bird figure stands at left, with yellow and orange flower garlands on the figures. A bare-chested young man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and armbands stands behind and holds the lion's head. In the foreground, a seated man in a rust-red robe wears a multicoloured flower garland and closes his eyes in meditation on the float. Silhouetted onlookers stand in the blurred foreground, and a small wooden box sits on the platform.

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